Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein

Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein (Somali: Sheekh Mukhtaar Maxamed Xuseen, Arabic: الشيخ محمد حسين مختار‎; 1912 – 12 June 2012) was the Speaker of the Parliament of Somalia, and briefly an Acting President of Somalia in 1969.^[2]

The Honourable Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein مختار محمد حسين
Hussein in the 1960s
President of Somalia
Acting
In office 15 October 1969 – 21 October 1969
Prime Minister	Mohamed Haji Ibrahim Egal
Preceded by	Abdirashid Ali Shermarke
Succeeded by	Mohamed Siad Barre
Speaker of the National Assembly of Somalia
In office July 1965 – March 1969
Preceded by	Abdulqadir Aden Zoobe
Personal details
Born	1912 Huddur, Italian Somaliland
Died	12 June 2012(2012-06-12) (aged 99–100)[1] Nairobi, Kenya
Nationality	Somali
Political party	Somali Youth League (SYL)
Spouse(s)	Baar Ismaan and Fadumo Meyre

Early life

Hussein was born into a Hadame family (part of the larger Rahaweyn clan), in the central town of Xuddur in the Bakool region.^[3]

Politics

In 1946, Hussein joined the burgeoning, nationalist party of the Somali Youth Club (which later changed its name to the Somali Youth League).^[3] He served the SYL's head office in what was then known as Upper Jubba, which included several current regions of Southwestern Somalia.^[3]

He died in Nairobi, Kenya in 2012 at about 100 years old.^[4] He was accorded a state funeral by the government in Mogadishu, Somalia, and was buried there on June 15, 2012.^[5]